When glowing splint is inserted into the mouth of a jar containing a gas, the splint is extinguished. The gas gives a white precipitate when passing into barium hydroxide. The gas is?

A.

methane

B.

hydrogen chloride

C.

hydrogen

D.

nitrogen

Correct answer is E

Co2 does not support combustion, it is used in fire extinguishers and when it is passed into a solution of barium hydroxide,  a white precipitate of barium carbonate is formed